5.04
State coat of arms.

The coat of arms of the state shall consist of the following
device: a circular shield; in the right foreground of the shield a full sheaf
of wheat bound and standing erect; in the left foreground, a cluster of
seventeen arrows bound in the center and resembling in form the sheaf of wheat;
in the background, a representation of Mount Logan, Ross county, as viewed from
Adena state memorial; over the mount, a rising sun three-quarters exposed and
radiating thirteen rays to represent the thirteen original colonies shining
over the first state in the northwest territory, the exterior extremities of
which rays form a semicircle; and uniting the background and foreground, a
representation of the Scioto river and cultivated fields.

The coat of arms of the state shall correspond substantially
with the following design:

When the coat of arms of the state is reproduced in color, the
colors used shall be substantially the same as the natural color of the terrain
and objects shown.